Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED NOV. 15, 1904.

P. SGHMOLGK.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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PAUL SOHMOLOK, OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,195, dated November15, 1904.

Application filed May 4, 1904. Serial No. 206,384. (No model.)

To a/I/ wltom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL SCHMOLCK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fayetteville, in the county of \Vashington and State ofArkansas, have invented a new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and has for its objectsto produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this characterwhich when once filled and sealed will permit the free discharge of itscontents, but prevent the introduction of liquid to the bottle, thusobviating the substitution of an inferior grade of goods for thatoriginally contained by the bottle.

To these ends'the invention comprises the novel features of constructionand combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevationthrough the upper portion of a bottle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isa detail sectional plan on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. Sis a detailperspective view of the valve.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a bottle, and 2 its neck, thelatter being provided upon its interior and ata point adjacent to itsjuncture with the bottle with an upwardly-extending truncated conicalportion 3, the upper open end of which constitutes a discharge-passage4:, through which the liquid' may fiow in its passage from the bottle.The neck 2 is slightly enlarged in diameter above the conical portion 3,as shown, and is provided near its upper end with a pair ofoppositely-disposed lateral discharge-openings 5, there being seated inthe initially-open end of the neck a cap 6, preferably held in placepermanently by heating and turning the adjacent edge of the neckdownward therearound.

Seated and secured within the neck at a point above and suitably remotefrom the dischargepassage a is a pair of protecting shields or disks 7,slightly spaced vertically one above the other and each having a pair ofdischargeopenings 8 arranged at diametrically opposite points andpreferably formed by notching or recessing the disks at theirperipheries, the

openings 8 in one disk being arranged on a line substantially at rightangles to those in the other disk, whereby the introduction of a wire orother instrument therethrough for tampering with the underlying valve 9is wholly precluded. The valve 9, which normally seats over the upperend of the conical portion 3 for closing the opening 4, is preferably inthe form of a hollow cup-shaped or tubular member of a diameter to seatdownward a suitable distance over the portion 3 and having an upperpermanently-closed end 10, centrally from which arises a guide member orrod 11, extended into and adapted to telescope with a depending tubularmember or guide 12, preferably formed integral with and dependingcentrally from the cap or closure 6 and in turn having the disks orshields 7 formed integral therewith.

In practice, the bottlehaving been filled, the valve is seated inposition upon the conical portion and the shields applied thereover andsecured in place, after which the cap or closure 6 is inserted in theinitially-open end of the neck with the tube 12 fitted over the stem 11.The upper edge of the neck is then heated under any of the well-knownmethods common in glass manufacture and turned downward around and overthe periphery of the cap, thereby securing the latter permanently inplace. The bottle having been sealed in this manner, it is obvious thatthe liquid may be discharged therefrom through the ports 4, 8, and 5 andthat the valve will move freely to open position for this purpose, butthat no liquid can be introduced into the bottle, as the valve will,except when the latter is in discharging position, remain at all timesclosed.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I produce a simple inexpensivedevice admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view and onein which all of the parts may be formed from glass or other suitablematerial which will be non-injurious to the liquor. in attaining theseends it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precisedetails herein set forth, inasmuch as minor changes may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is 1. A bottle havingits neck provided with a lateral discharge-opening and with an internalupwardly-projecting reduced tubular extension, a cup-shaped valve seatedover the upper end of the extension and having a guide member, a closurepermanently seated in the upper end of the neck and having a dependentportion in telescopic engagement With the guide member on the valve, anda pair of shields carried by the depending portion of the closure, saidshields being spaced one above the other and having relativelynon-registering discharge-openings.

2. A bottle having its neck provided with a lateral discharge-openingand With an internal upwardly-projecting tubular extension, a cup- PAULSGHMOLGK.

Witnesses:

E. E. BROOK, -D. G. MAxEv.

